MIT Sloan School of Management Faculty Biography

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E-mail: osterman@mit.edu

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Area

Behavioral Policy Science

Paul Osterman

Nanyang Technological University Professor

Professor of Human Resources and Management

Paul Osterman's research concerns changes in work organization within companies, career patterns and processes within firms, economic development, urban poverty, and public policy surrounding skills training and employment programs. Osterman has been a senior administrator of job training programs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has consulted widely for government agencies, foundations, community groups, firms, and public interest organizations. His most recent book is The Truth About Middle Managers (Harvard Business School Press, 2009). Other recent books include Gathering Power: The Future of Progressive Politics in America (Beacon Press, 2003) Securing Prosperity: The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do About It (Princeton University Press, 1999) and Working In America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market (MIT Press, 2001). Professor Osterman is also the author of Employment Futures: Reorganization, Dislocation, and Public Policy; Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market; The Mutual Gains Enterprise: Forging a Winning Partnership Among Labor, Management, and Government; and Change At Work

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